GSE/GE Government and IGO related activities as background for monthly GAC calls Report 35 Coverage: February / March 2016 Date: March 15, 2016 I. Report about main activities February 2016 a. Africa 1. February 2-3 : ICTs and Parliamentarians Workshop, Abuja, Nigeria 2. February 9: Safer Internet Day Nairobi, Kenya 3. February 10-11: DNS Business Workshop in Nairobi (Kenya) 4. February 17-19: DNSSEC Workshop in Lome (Togo) 5. February 18: AGER - LUSNIC 7th Communication Forum of the Portuguese speaking countries. Sao Tome and Principe, Sao Tome. 6. February 24 : MWC16 Breakfast Digital Opportunities for African economies, Barcelona, Spain 7. Feb 25-26: DNS Business Workshop in Dakar (Senegal) The Africa regional team participated to all events 1. Bilaterals were arranged in conjunction with the public b. Asia / Australasia Pacific Islands 1. February 18: Asian Security Conference, : Delhi, India 2. February 18: 2016 KIGA Start Meeting, Seoul Korea 3. February 18: National Law University - ICANN 55 Pre-Event Briefing, Delhi, India 4. February 29: G-77 Meeting of Experts on ICT and Sustainable Development for South-South Cooperation, Bangkok, Thailand 1
The Asia regional team participated to all events 1. February 4-5: Asia Team had bilaterals - Mumbai and Delhi c. Eastern Europe Central Asia 1. February 4: Workshop on IG in Georgia 2. February 8: 18 th Info Forum conference, Moscow Russia. Information security 3. February 26: School on Digital Law, GIPI Kyrgyzstan The EACA regional team participated to all events 1. February 8: Meetings with Russian IGF organizers (Coordination Center for.ru/.rf) 2. Bilaterals arranged in conjunction with the public d. Europe 1. February 4: Internet and regulation: Who Governs the Internet?, Bucharest, Romania, multi-stakeholder event hosted by and at the Parliament of Romania, organized in partnership by ICANN, with support from ISOC, RIPE and Eurodig 2. February 17: ICANN Berlin civil society series - Open discussion on Internet fragmentation with Professor Bill Drake, Berlin, Germany 3. February 18: Seminar on The Global Internet Infrastructure - transition, values and futures - Netherlands coorganised by ICANN, Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs, SIDN, ISOC-NL, in The Hague, Netherlands 4. February 21-25: Mobile World Congress 2016, Barcelona, Spain, - European Internet Forum High Level Roundtable, GSE Europe and GE Geneva teams participated with ICANN s CEO 2
1. February 3: Bilateral meeting with the new Romanian Minister of Communications, Bucharest 2. February 21-25: Bilaterals arranged in conjunction with the Mobile World Congress with different stakeholders including the ministers of Finland, the UK, Somalia, Senegal, Brazil, Guinea, and Mexico, as well as the ITU SG, GSMA CEO, and ETNO ICANN s CEO and Geneva GE Team attended the bilateral e. Latin America Caribbean 1. February 11: Capacity Building Webinar for ICT Regulators within REGULATEL 2. February 25: VI Webinar on ICANN-GAC for the LAC Region The LAC regional team participated to all events 1. Bilateral meetings arranged in conjunction with the Public Meetings with different stakeholders. f. Middle East 1. February 1-2 2016: Muscat, Oman, DNS-EC SWOT Workshop for.om 2. February 3-4, 2016: Dubai, UAE, DNS-EC SWOT Workshop for.ae The Middle East regional team participated to all events 1. February 1: TRA Oman 2. February 2: IT Authority of Oman 3. February 3: E-government and CERT of Oman 4. February 16: Moroccan Office for Intellectual and Industrial Property (OMPIC) 5. February 22-25: Saudi Arabia; Dr. Allam Mousa, Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Technology, Saudi Arabia and Dr. Abdulaziz Al-Rwais, 3
Governor of the Communication and Information Technology Commission, Saudi Arabia GSMA at the MWC, Barcelona met with the ICANN Geneva Engagement team. g. North America 1. February 25: New America - Digital Globalization: The New Era of Global Flows and what it means for the U.S. Washington, D.C. The North America Team participated to the meetings 1. Bilaterals arranged in conjunction with public meetings with different stakeholders. h. IGO/IOs and Country Missions 1. February 2: Domain Pulse Conference, Lausanne, GE Geneva team; GE staff spoke on panel on IANA Transition; 2. February 5: Progress made on the Technology Facilitation Mechanism General Assembly, Informal Meeting, New York 3. February 9: DIPLO Session on Forecast for ICT and IG challenges in 2016 4. February 12: Washington DC, World Bank, GE New York staff met with team working on Governance best practices and inclusive institutions and the implementation of MSM in World Bank initiatives 5. February 15: Open Consultation ITU CWG Internet Policy, Geneva 6. February 17 18: ITU Council Working Group on International Internet-related public policy issues, Geneva 7. February 18-19: ITU Council Working Group on WSIS, Geneva 8. February 22-24: MWC, GSMA Barcelona, GE Geneva Team participated in several events and panels 4
9. February 23: DIPLO - College of Europe event - Cybersecurity and Digital Challenges for Europe - The Role of International Geneva. Geneva, Switzerland. 10. February 26: Second Physical Open Consultation for the WSIS Forum, Geneva Geneva and NY GE team participated to all events 1. February 4: Geneva team met with the Belgian Ambassador and colleagues at the Residence, hosted by Belgian Ambassador to the UN and WTO, Geneva 2. February 4: Meeting with Brahima Sanou Director of the ITU-D Bureau, in Geneva, by ICANN Geneva Engagement team 3. February 5: GE Geneva team attended bilateral lunch with EU Ambassador and colleagues 4. February 12: discussion with Governance section, World Bank, Washington DC, NYC Engagement Team 5. February 12: meeting with UNESCO in Paris; Geneva GE team 6. February 12: meeting with OECD in Paris; Geneva, GE team 7. February 17: bilateral with DHM UK Mission re WTO and E Commerce; GE Geneva team 8. February 24: Bilateral with Mauritius Permanent Mission, Geneva team 9. February 22-24; Bilaterals with ITU and CTO while at MWC, Barcelona II. Planned main activities March 2016 a. Africa 1. March 4-6: DNS Forum in cooperation with ISOC and AfTLD at ICANN 55 2. March 6: Marrakesh Morocco, African Ministerial meeting 3. March 7: Marrakesh Morocco, High Level Government Meeting 4. March7-10: Marrakesh Morocco, ICANN 55 5
5. March 17-18: West African Research and Education Network, Dakar Senegal 6. March 21: Connected East Africa 2016 http://www.connected.go.ke/ Nairobi, Kenya. 7. March 28 29: Abidjan, Cote D Ivoire workshop on DNS Entrepreneurship; Youthcom Minister of Digital Economy and Communication will open the meeting 1. Bilateral meetings are arranged in conjunction with the public meetings in March in Marrakech with different stakeholders, including the minister of India, Mali, Egypt, UK, heads of delegations of Japan, Iran, Brazil, Switzerland for ICANN s CEO and GSE/GE Teams b. Asia / Australasia Pacific Islands 1. March 2: Regional Commonwealth of Communications Working Meeting. China. 2. March 28: APAC Seoul Visit. Seoul, Korea. 1. Bilaterals meetings to be arranged at ICANN55 2. Bilaterals arranged in conjunction with other public c. Eastern Europe Central Asia Public meetings to be confirmed 1. Bilaterals will be arranged in conjunction with the public d. Europe 1. March 2: Madrid High Level Roundtable with Spanish stakeholders on IANA transition and Internet Governance 2. March 4: Rome ICANN training for Law Enforcement and Security Agents on DNS 3. March 8, Marrakech, Francophonie coordination, supported by GSE Europe 6
4. March 8, Marrakech ICANN55, European stakeholders networking cocktail, organised by GSE Europe 5. March 10, Marrakech, ICANN55 South Eastern Europe community (ICANN-SEE) coordination meeting, organised by GSE Europe 6. March 15: DIDS Serbia Domain Days 2016. Belgrade, Serbia, sponsored by ICANN, with speaking involvement by ICANN Board member Mike Silber and GSE Eastern Europe Team 7. March 16: South Eastern Europe Regional Internet Forum, with speaking involvement by GSE Eastern Europe Team 8. March 17: Czech Conference on Digital economy: chances and challenges. Prague, Czech Republic, co-organised by ICANN and the Czech Communications Authority (CTU), with speaking involvement by the ICANN GSE Europe team 9. March 21: Enhancing ICANN Accountability discussion organised by ICANN and the Oxford Internet Institute, with key participants ICANN VP Europe; UK Department of Media, Culture and Sport; Interconnect; Chatham House; and the Centre for Democracy & Technology (CDT). (all details available at: https://features.icann.org/calendar) 1. March 2: Dave Piscitello, ICANN VP Security, meeting with Czech National Security Office (NBU) and CZNIC. Prague, Czech Republic. e. Latin America Caribbean 1. March 29-30: The Eighth South School on Internet Governance. http://www.gobernanzainternet.org/ Washington, D.C. Participation from senior staff in GE, SSR, and Strategic Initiatives 1. Bilaterals at the ICANN 55 meeting included meetings with the Brazilian delegation to the High Level conference/ GAC. 7
f. Middle East 1. March 6-11: Marrakesh, ICANN 55. Marrakesh, Morocco Sessions on: a. Update on the ME Strategy Session; b. DNS Industry in the Middle East. 1. ICANN 55 Bilaterals meetings to be arranged with different stakeholders g. North America 1. March 29: The Eighth South School on Internet Governance. http://www.gobernanzainternet.org/ Washington, D.C. Participation from senior staff in GE, SSR, and Strategic Initiatives 2. March 30-31: Internet of Things Institute. Washington, D.C. 1. Bilaterals will be arranged in conjunction with public. h. IGO/IOs and Country Missions 1. March 12: UNESCO. Ministerial conference, ICANN speaking. Paris, France. 2. March 15: EIF Dinner; Brussels; GE Staff 3. March 16: IIC Conference on Telecommunications; Brussels; GE Staff 4. March 23-24: CTO Cybersecurity Conference; London; Board and ICANN Staff speaking; ICANN partner 5. March 30 th 1 April: OECD CDEP meeting, Paris, GE Geneva 1. Bilaterals will be arranged in conjunction with the public 2. Bilaterals with COE and EBU at Marrakech; GE Staff 8
3. March 14: UNESCO meeting with senior staff, Geneva GE Staff 9